“…INTRODUCTION: We examine whether personality traits mediate the association between childhood adversity and educational attainment using longitudinal data from a cohort in Zambia. METHODS: We fit a structural equation model using data on three forms of childhood adversity—household poverty, stunting as a measure of chronic malnutrition, and death of a parent—and data on the “Big Five” personality traits and educational attainment assessed at 15 years of age. …”
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“…The objective of this paper is to analyse the effect of mobile money adoption on the performance of informal businesses in Zambia. The data are from the 2019 Zambia Informal Sector Business Survey of the World Bank Group with a sample of 914 firms. …”
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“…This led to the introduction of a new in-service leadership and management course, which has come to be known as the Zambia Management and Leadership Academy (ZMLA). This paper presents the results of an impact evaluation of the ZMLA programme conducted in 2014. …”
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“…This paper reports on HIV related stigma based on results from an HIV legal environment assessment (LEA) within the Churches Health Association of Zambia HIV/AIDS program. We conducted 9 Focus Group Discussions and 20 Key Informant Interviews with key HIV/AIDS stakeholders that included representatives from network of Zambian people living with HIV. …”
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“…Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality is a critical health priority within Zambia and globally. Although evidence-based clinical interventions can prevent a majority of these deaths, scalable and sustainable delivery of interventions across low-resource settings remains uneven, particularly across rural and marginalized communities. …”
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“…We evaluated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Zambia’s routine childhood immunization program in 2020 using multiple sources of data. …”
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“…This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic violence towards children in Kenya and Zambia. STUDY DESIGN: In collaboration with an international non-governmental organisation (NGO), an original door-to-door survey of 842 children and their parents (or adult guardians) was conducted in Kenya and Zambia. …”
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“…METHODS: Data from the most recent Zambia Demographic and Health Survey conducted in 2018 was used. …”
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“…The objective of this study was to predict mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Zambia using machine learning (ML) methods based on factors that have been shown to be predictive of mortality and thereby improve pandemic preparedness. …”
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“…Using difference-in-difference and synthetic control analytical approaches, we investigated the effect of PBF on autonomy and accountability at service delivery level using data from a 3-arm cluster randomised trial in Zambia. The arms consisted of PBF where financing is linked to outputs in terms of quality and quantity (intervention 1), input financing where funding is fully provided to finance all required inputs regardless of performance (intervention 2), and the current standard of care where there is input financing but with possible challenges in funding (pure control). …”
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“…The study was implemented in the Southern province of Zambia in July 2020.  Three focus group discussions  (FGDs) involving 30 adult male LKs living in livestock-wildlife interface areas where zoonotic diseases are likely to occur, were carried out. …”
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“…The objective of this study was to evaluate the burden of respiratory viruses in rural Zambia from 2019-2021. METHODS: Surveillance was initiated at Macha Hospital in Zambia in December 2018. …”
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“…BACKGROUND: Several studies on Taenia solium taeniosis / cysticercosis (TSTC) have been conducted in Zambia. However, none has assessed community knowledge, attitudes and practices related to TSTC and epilepsy. …”
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“…INTRODUCTION: There is a significant shortage of medical subspecialists in Zambia. The government of Zambia, through programmes at the Ministry of Health, spends considerable resources to send patients outside the country for subspecialist medical treatment. …”
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“…This qualitative study identified the challenges of producing and using routine health information in Western Province, Zambia. We analysed the interview responses from 37 health and social sector professionals at the national, provincial, district and facility levels to understand the barriers to using data from the Zambian health management information system (HMIS). …”
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“…CONCLUSION: Intestinal helminths, including T. solium taeniasis, are prevalent in Chiparamba area of Chipata district in the eastern province of Zambia, supporting the clear need for further targeted public health interventions for surveillance and control.…”
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“…BACKGROUND: Malaria remains a leading cause of morbidity, mortality and non-fatal disability in Zambia, especially among children, pregnant women and the poor. …”
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“…BACKGROUND: In Zambia the first-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria is artemisinin combination therapy (ACT), with artemether-lumefantrine currently being used. …”
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“…This study is based on a micro-simulation model (individual-based) of the spread of the HIV epidemic in the population of Zambia, where women tend to marry early and where divorces are not frequent. …”
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